Boxing specials...Khan,Manny and Ricky

KHAN HE BEAT PAULI?

AMIR KHAN has been installed as 1/6 favourite by William Hill to win his next fight against former Ricky Hatton victim Pauli Malignaggi, who is a 7/2 chance with the draw at 25/1.`This is a very interesting fight at this stage of Amir`s career. He is taking on a proven quality fighter who has more experience than he does, but one who is not noted as a big puncher and who has lost a couple of his recent contests. This could set Amir up for a real mega-money fight before the end of the year` said Hill`s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

MANNY MONEY

MANNY PACQUAIO is red hot 1/7 favourite with William Hill to win this weekend`s big fight against Joshua Clottey, 4/1 to pull off an upset, while the draw is 28/1. Hills make Manny 8/13 to win by knockout and 13/8 to win on points, with Clottey 7/1 and 12/1 respectively. `Punters expect Manny to cruise through this fight en route to the one everyone wants to see against Floyd Mayweather` said Hill`s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

NO MORE BETS ON HATTON TO QUIT

WILLIAM HILL, who had been offering 6/4 that Ricky Hatton would fail to box during 2010, have closed their market after newspaper reports suggested that the popular former world champ is about to announce that he is retiring. `We had a flurry of punters wanting to bet that Ricky would retire as newspapers were running stories suggesting the same thing so, as noone wants to bak him to box on, we have closed the book.` said Hill`s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

Hills believe that if Hatton does box on his next big fight could be against Amir Khan and they make the Manchester City fan 65 to win that if it happens, with Khan 8/13 favourite and the draw a 25/1 chance. `Ricky would have every chance against Khan, but we would not be averse to seeing him retire as he owes the fans nothing at all after a terrific career.Too many formerly great boxers have been tempted into one last fight which often ends unfortunately for them` added Sharpe.